asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will give details in respect of his Department or any office under his control of each person employed as a special adviser or consultant on contract by way of excluding order or otherwise appointed to that office or Department other than through the Civil Service Commission during the periods 5 July 1977 to 30 June 1981 and 9 March to 14 December 1982; the grades at which each such person served; the rate of remuneration paid; the dates at which the employments of any such persons ceased; if he will give details of any such persons who were appointed as permanent civil servants; the grade and rate of remuneration of persons so appointed; and the total cost of remunerating such persons in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 from the dates of their initial employment.
Written Answers. - Departmental Special Advisers.
Following is the information requested:
|
Grade |
Period of Appointment |
Rate of Remuneration |
|
Special Adviser to Minister |
25 February to 31 December 1980 |
£11,000 p.a. initially increased to £13,500 from 1 August 1980. |
This person was not appointed as a permanent civil servant.
703.
asked the Minister for Justice if he will give details in respect of his Department or any office under his control of each person employed as a special adviser or consultant on contract by way of excluding order or otherwise appointed to that office or Department other than through the Civil Service Commission during the periods 5 July 1977 to 30 June 1981 and 9 March to 14 December 1982; the grades at which each such person served; the rate of remuneration paid; the dates at which the employments of any such persons ceased; if he will give details of any such persons who were appointed as permanent civil servants; the grade and rate of remuneration of persons so appointed; and the total cost of remunerating such persons in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 from the dates of their initial employment.
Limerick East): On the assumption that the question is intended to relate only to persons who were first appointed in the capacities specified during the periods in question the following is the information. The cost of remuneration is given for each tax year i.e. 1 April to 31 March.
|
Name |
Grade |
Date of Appointment |
Rate of Remuneration |
Date that employment ceased |
Grade and rate of remuneration of any person appointed a perment Civel Servent |
Total cost of Remuneration* |
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|
77-78 |
78-79 |
79-80 |
80-81 |
81-82 |
82-83 |
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|
Esmond Smyth |
Researcher Law Division |
15 Nov. 1977 |
Fee at the rate of £9,000 per annum on appointment |
4 June ’81 |
— |
3,351 |
9,148 |
9,895 |
18,304 |
2,806 |
2,653 |
|
Nicholas Cotter |
Personal Assistant to Minister |
27 Aug. 1979 |
£7,500 per annum on appointment |
— |
Appointed to the grade of Higher Executive Officer with effect from 29 June '81 at the maximum of the HEO scale i.e. £11,143 |
4,328 |
11,934 |
15,029 |
19,748** |
||
|
Isabel Charlton |
Personal Assistant to Minister |
14 June 1982 |
Existing salary from RTE plus non-pensionable remuneration at a rate equivalent to the difference between her RTE salary and the maximum of the EO scale |
14 Dec. '82 |
— |
7,325 |
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|
George King |
Legal Asst. in the Charities Office |
19 Dec. 1977 |
Fee at the rate of £4,000 per annum |
28 Mar. '80 |
— |
855 |
3,999 |
1,951 |
* Includes overtime in the cases of N. Cotter and I. Charlton.
** Includes £16,299 which was paid by the Department of Foreign Affairs in respect of a period of 12 months during which he was on loan to th at Department.